My Favorite, For Now

Fauna discussion disclaimer: I am not a naturalist and have no expertise in ornithology. I look at birds a lot, though. 

The big birds are on the river: eagles, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, barred owls, vultures, geese, herons, ducks (a big bird? idk). These are year round. Of the big birds, osprey and great egrets show up in early spring. 

Everybody loves an eagle sighting, but I guess the osprey is my favorite. At least my favorite at this very moment, but you know how that goes. 

While it may seem that I am about to go into a list of birds I have seen (or heard - thanks, Merlin!), let’s skip that part and just say that there seems to be more and more bird activity as we get into March. Yes, it’s warmer and the days are getting longer so I guess one would expect an increase, but it could also seem like there is more bird action because of the bird desert that was this January (so cold!) and most of the winter. 

Writing about the return of the birds has me thinking about the eastern wood pewee and its hail-like call. 

That’s my favorite now.

Those aren't birds.